Paul Moorcraft - Deadlines on the Front Line

DEADLINES ON THE FRONT LINE

Recent military history by Paul Moorcraft

African Nemesis: War and Revolution in Southern Africa; 19452010

Axis of Evil: The War on Terror (with Gwyn Winfield and John Chisholm)

Guns and Poses: Travels with an Occasional War Correspondent

Inside the Danger Zones: Travels to Arresting Places

The Rhodesian War: A Military History (with Peter McLaughlin)

Mugabes War Machine

Shooting the Messenger: The Politics of War Reporting (with Philip M. Taylor)

Total Destruction of the Tamil Tigers: the Rare Victory in Sri Lankas Long War

Omar al-Bashir and Africas Longest War

The Jihadist Threat: The Re-conquest of the West?

Dying for the Truth: The Concise History of Frontline War Reporting

Superpowers, Rogue States and Terrorism: Countering the Security Threats to the West

Total Onslaught: War and Revolution in Southern Africa Since 1945

On mathematics

It just doesnt add up: Explaining Dyscalculia and Overcoming Number Problems for Children and Adults

Recent fiction

Anchoress of Shere

Regression

Travels with a Veteran War Correspondent

PAUL MOORCRAFT

First published in Great Britain in 2018 by

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Copyright Paul Moorcraft 2018

ISBN 978 1 52673 9 490

eISBN 978 1 52673 9 506

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What the Critics said about Paul Moorcrafts Previous Books on Travels in War Zones

What the hell am I doing here? (1995)

Gripping tales from the life and wars of an irrepressible foreign correspondent. James MacManus, The Times

An erudite potpourri of good reporting, whimsical colour, historical perspective and wit. Moorcraft takes a jaundiced-eyed, literate and often sensitive frolic across the news fronts of two decades. Allen Pizzey, CBS News Correspondent

Pauls been around and doesnt it show. John Humphrys, BBC

I am amazed hes still alive. Sir John Keegan, Defence Editor, Daily Telegraph

One of our eras foremost scholars of international communications as well as one of our leading professional journalists. He is truly a scholar-journalist of which there are few .... A superb writer. Loyal Gould, Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Baylor University, Texas

... unlike many of the instant experts of journalism, he is also a scholar .... It rips along, making it difficult to put down ... solidly entertaining story in the style of the old-fashioned and probably politically incorrect Kiplingesque adventure story. As a good yarn, it is all the better and more convincingly detailed because it is founded on strong journalism. Professor Damien Kingsbury, Journalism Department, Deakin University, Australia

... an exceptional book, which is well worth buying due to its humour and the remarkable experiences of the author .... This professional journalists brilliant account of his many adventures makes marvellous reading and is highly recommended. Oliver Lindsay, Guards magazine

Fascinating reading .... Passion, pace and wit here by the bucketful ... bracingly honest. Colonel Michael Peters, Despatches

He writes vividly, with pace and authority .... Alan Ward, Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst

Thoroughly readable and, ironically, very enjoyable. Candid in his opinions of both sides in each war, the fascinating expeditions into war zones reveal the reality of rule by the gun and the value of cigarettes as a hard currency .... Stimulating read ... part travel book, part history, part autobiography, Moorcraft talks sparingly of his personal life. Wanderlust magazine

Paul Moorcraft is an academic with a considerable reputation ... but the Cardiff-born teacher is also one of those journalists who cannot resist the call of trouble wherever it develops in the world. Mario Basini, Western Mail

Guns and Poses: Travels with an occasional war correspondent (2001)

Gripping collection of despatches from many of the most war-torn countries of recent times ... told with comically little machismo. Times Literary Supplement

Gripping tales from the life and wars of Paul Moorcraft, an irrepressible foreign correspondent. Legion magazine

... a footloose freelance with a consuming curiosity about human behaviour from the battlefield to the bar-room. He minces no words about the shambolic state of our poor old world. Good Book Guide

Paul Moorcraft has crammed more drama, intrigue, adventure and good old-fashioned hard-core journalism into his existence than most of us will manage in a lifetime . Guns and Poses is absorbing as a historical read and as the memoirs of a man who lives life large. Cara Bouwer, Business Day , Johannesburg

a type of professional detachment that rejected the temptation of advocacy journalism thought provoking and readable. Stephen Williams, African Business

Bin Laden escaped Paul Moorcraft, but a hundred other fascinating people did not. This is recent history written with humour and sometimes pathos. The print is in black and white but the prose is in full colour. Graham Bound, Focus magazine

Inside the Danger Zones: Travels to Arresting Places (2010)

unforgettable journey insightful information very entertaining. The Citizen, Johannesburg

Driven by a desire to test the limits of his own courage, he has spent more than three decades dodging bullets in the worlds most dangerous regions. Western Mail

Full of verve a compulsive book. Professor Stephen Chan, The Round Table

Easy-going style tongue-in-cheek humour a knowledgeable book. Defence Focus

An author with a history that reads like 007s back-story. Surrey Advertiser

Refreshingly self-effacing account healthy sense of colour-blindness few punches are pulled . There is something of William Boot (the bumbling protagonist in Evelyn Waughs masterful Scoop ) in Moorcrafts account. Adrian Johnson, RUSI Journal

The author and the book defy all metrics he is a national treasure. The book is really that good. An anthropological primer to the war zones of the world, their peoples and cultures. Steve Johnson, CBRNe World

Shooting the Messenger: The Politics of War Reporting (2011)

Shooting the Messenger should be high on the reading list of aspiring strategists. David R. Mets, US Air Force Research Institute